Churn closure



(No Model.)

A. H. REID. GHURN CLOSURE.

Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

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ALBAN H. REID, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHURN CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,147, dated April 8, 1890. Application filed January 3, 1890. Serial No. 335,769- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBAN H. REID, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and tary bodies of angular form; and it consists in improved means for closing the mouth or opening in the side of the body.

Figure l is a perspective viewof a churn provided with my improvement, the lid being shown detached. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through one side of the body with the lid in place thereon. Fig. 3 is a section 011 the line was of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a detail. Fig. 5 isa similar view of another detail.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the hollow body of the churn, inthe present instance of square form in cross-section, mounted at its ends in journals a in a suitable frame B. The body is provided in one side with a mouth or opening a, through which the contents are introduced and removed. This opening is encircled bya frame 0, bolted rigidly to the body and finishing at the lower side, flush with the inner surface of the body, so that the butter may be withdrawn directly therethrough. The openingis closed by the detachable lid D, a flat plate of metal adapted to fit closely against the outer face of the frame. Thelid is held in place by four bolts (Z d and e e. The bolts d d are provided at their lower ends with horizontal crossvhcads of circular form in cross-section, which are seated loosely but snugly between the flat metal plate or frame C and the body of the churn, so that they turn on the heads as axes. The plate is slotted to receive the bolts when they are placed in an upright position. At their outer ends the bolts are provided with thumb-nuts. It will be observed that this construction permits the bolts to swing inward and outward, so that when the lid is in place they may be readily inserted into and removed from slots d in its edge. The bolts 6 e are formed with angular shanks, which pass loosely through similarly-formed openings in the lid, so that they can be moved longitudinally therein. They are provided at their lower ends with cross-heads and at -their opposite ends with thumb-nuts. The lower edge of the frame is provided with notches e to receive the bolts 6, which fit snugly therein.

In applying the lid it is placed upon the body of the churn with a sliding motion, the bolts 6 c entering the notches in thelower edge of the frame. The bolts (Z are then swung upward into the slots in the lid and the thumbnuts tighten ed. \Vhen the lid is to be removed, it is only necessary to loosen the thumb-nuts on the bolts cl, when they may be swung downward and the lid removed with a sliding motion from the body.

The advantage of my construction lies in the fact thatit is simple and permits the lid to be quickly applied and removed, and that the various parts are of such character that they may be easily kept clean.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The churn-body provided with the side opening, in combination with the frame provided. at the outer end with the open slots and at the opposite end with the laterally-movable bolts, and the lid provided at the .inner end with open slots and at the outer end with movable bolts, substantially as described and shown.

2. In a closing device fora churn, the metal frame provided at one end with the open slots, the movable bolts mounted in the opposite end of said frame, and provided with thumb-nuts, thelid provided in one end with open slots to receive the above-named bolts, and the bolts mounted in the opposite end of the lid in position to receive the bolts of the frame, and provided with nuts.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 13th dayof December, 1889, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

ALBAN H. REID. 

